Ghazal 241 of Hafez (7 couplets), in the original Persian as on Ganjoor, with a transliteration, a plain English translation, the meanings of key words and the traditional fâl-e Hâfez reading.
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COUPLET 1
معاشران ز حریفِ شبانه یاد آریدحقوقِ بندگیِ مخلصانه یاد آرید
mo'âsherân ze harif-e shabâne yâd ârid / hoghugh-e bandegi-ye mokhlesâne yâd ârid
Companions, remember your friend of the night-time gatherings; remember the debt you owe to sincere and faithful service.
COUPLET 2
به وقتِ سرخوشی از آه و ناله عُشّاقبه صوت و نغمهٔ چنگ و چَغانه یاد آرید
be vaght-e sarkhoshi az âh o nâle-ye oshshâgh / be sowt o naghme-ye chang o choghâne yâd ârid
When you are merry, remember the sighs and laments of lovers, to the sound and melody of the harp and the chaghane.
COUPLET 3
چو لطفِ باده کُنَد جلوه در رخِ ساقیز عاشقان به سرود و ترانه یاد آرید
cho lotf-e bâde konad jelve dar rokh-e sâghi / ze âsheghân be sorud o tarâne yâd ârid
When the grace of the wine glows on the cupbearer's face, remember the lovers with songs and verses.
COUPLET 4
چو در میانِ مراد آورید دستِ امیدز عهدِ صحبت ما در میانه یاد آرید
cho dar miyân-e morâd âvarid dast-e omid / ze ahd-e sohbat-e mâ dar miyâne yâd ârid
When you put the hand of hope around the waist of your desire, remember in that moment the time of our companionship.
COUPLET 5
سمندِ دولت اگر چند سرکشیده رَوَدز همرهان به سرِ تازیانه یاد آرید
samand-e dowlat agar chand sarkeshide ravad / ze hamrahân be sar-e tâziyâne yâd ârid
Even if the horse of fortune runs wild and proud, remember your fellow travelers, if only with a flick of the whip.
COUPLET 6
نمی‌خورید زمانی غمِ وفادارانز بی‌وفاییِ دورِ زمانه یاد آرید
nemikhorid zamâni gham-e vafâdârân / ze bivafâyi-ye dowr-e zamâne yâd ârid
You do not spare a moment's worry for the faithful; at least remember how faithless the turning of time can be.
COUPLET 7
به وَجهِ مرحمت ای ساکنانِ صدرِ جلالز رویِ حافظ و این آستانه یاد آرید
be vajh-e marhamat ey sâkenân-e sadr-e jalâl / ze ru-ye Hâfez o in âstâne yâd ârid
Out of kindness, you who sit in the seat of glory, remember the face of Hafez and this humble threshold.
What this fâl tells you
Someone from your past may be thinking of you, or you may be called to remember an old friend. Tradition reads this fal as a gentle reminder that good fortune is passing, and that kindness to those who stood by you is never wasted. When things go well for you, reach back for the people who walked with you.
A traditional-style reading for reflection and enjoyment.
How this ghazal is built
radif: yâd ârid ("remember"). qâfiye: -âne (shabâne, mokhlesâne, choghâne, tarâne, miyâne, tâziyâne, zamâne, âstâne).
Key words
| Word | Say it | Meaning (modern Persian) |
|---|---|---|
| معاشران | mo'âsherân | companions, drinking friends dictionary |
| ze | from, of (= az) (از) | |
| harif | companion, drinking partner dictionary | |
| shabâne | of the night, nightly dictionary | |
| یاد | yâd | memory dictionary |
| ârid | bring (you, plural); yâd ârid = remember! dictionary | |
| hoghugh | rights; hoghugh-e namak = the debt owed for shared bread and salt dictionary | |
| مخلصانه | mokhlesâne | sincere, devoted dictionary |
| be | to; for; with; in, by dictionary | |
| وقت | vaght | time dictionary |
| و | va / o | and dictionary |
| ناله | nâle | moan, lament dictionary |
| oshshâgh | lovers dictionary | |
| sowt | sound, voice dictionary | |
| نغمهٔ | naghme | melody dictionary |
| چنگ | chang | harp dictionary |
| چو | cho | since, when; like (= chon) (چون) |
| لطف | lotf | kindness, grace; be lotf = kindly, gently dictionary |
| bâde | wine dictionary | |
| کند | konad | does; makes dictionary |
| jelve | display, showing oneself dictionary | |
| dar | in; door dictionary | |
| rokh | face, cheek dictionary | |
| sâghi | cupbearer dictionary | |
| âsheghân | lovers dictionary | |
| sorud | song dictionary | |
| میان | miyân | waist; dast dar miyân âvardan = to embrace dictionary |
| مراد | morâd | wish, desire dictionary |
| âvarid | you bring dictionary | |
| dast | hand dictionary | |
| omid | hope dictionary | |
| ahd | time, era dictionary | |
| sohbat | company, companionship (classical sense) dictionary | |
| ما | mâ | we, us; our dictionary |
| میانه | miyâne | the middle; dar miyâne = in the midst, at that moment dictionary |
| samand | horse (light-colored steed) dictionary | |
| dowlat | good fortune (classical sense) (اقبال) dictionary | |
| agar | if dictionary | |
| چند | chand | agar chand = even though dictionary |
| rud | river dictionary | |
| همرهان | hamrahân | fellow travelers (= hamrâhân) (همراهان) dictionary |
| sar | tip, end; be sar-e tâziyâne = with the tip of the whip, in passing dictionary | |
| tâziyâne | whip dictionary | |
| نمی‌خورید | nemikhorid | you do not eat; gham khordan = to worry for dictionary |
| zamâni | a moment dictionary | |
| gham | sorrow, grief dictionary | |
| وفاداران | vafâdârân | the faithful dictionary |
| bivafâyi | faithlessness dictionary | |
| dowr | turn; the passing round of the cup; the age dictionary | |
| وجه | vajh | way, means; face dictionary |
| مرحمت | marhamat | kindness, mercy dictionary |
| ey | O (vocative) dictionary | |
| sâkenân | dwellers dictionary | |
| jalâl | majesty dictionary | |
| ru-ye | face of (ezafe) (چهره) dictionary | |
| Hâfez | Hafez, the poet's pen name (takhallos); literally "one who knows the Quran by heart" dictionary | |
| in | this dictionary | |
| âstâne | threshold dictionary |
Persian text: Ganjoor (ganjoor.net), Hafez, ghazal 241. Transliteration, translation, glosses and reading: Learn Persian Online.
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